How to pronounce affair in American English
“affair” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to affair the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “affair” in: all accents · British English (124 clips)
“affair” in real sentences — American speakers
245 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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affair and not a many, many week affair.
The Obama White House
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- I mean Sly, Family Affair.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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a Love Affair told in Hunting Stories.
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Words that sound like “affair”
Words one sound away from affair — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “affair”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of affair. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.